Tears For Fears: Comeback stars collaborate with Bastille on new single

COLLABORATION: Dan Smith's vocals have been left on the new Tears For Fears single

The two bands collaborated on new song I Love You But I’m Lost for the 80s legends’ greatest hits collection, Rule The World.

Bastille thought they had been deleted from the final product. But sneaky singer Roland Orzabal told me: “Dan Smith from Bastille is singing on it, I don’t think he realises it but we kept it. We may have to pay him.”

It was a dream come true for Bastille who are huge fans of Tears For Fears.

Roland explained: “We were asked to write with the band Bastille so Dan and Mark Crew, the band’s producer, ended up in a small windowless room in Battersea throwing around ideas.

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“Dan Smith from Bastille is singing on the single, I don’t think he realises it but we kept it. We may have to pay him”

Roland Orzabal

“And the words I Love You But I’m Lost came out of the ether.”

Next year there will be a full new TFF studio album as well, but the band almost called it a day after their last LP which was more than 12 years ago.

Roland said: “Everybody Loves A Happy Ending seemed like a final album really ... the full stop at the end of a sentence.”

However, the duo were inspired to make more music when other bands started championing their music.

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Lorde’s cover of Everybody Wants To Rule The World was particularly inspiring.

Sampled Roland adds: “It’s as if it’s the first time you ever heard the song.

“A lot more dark than we would ever have dared to go ourselves.”

Kanye West, The Weeknd and Nas have all sampled their music.

TFF’s multi-instrumentalist Curt Smith laughed: “We’ve had people come up to us after we’ve played Memories Fade saying: ‘I think it’s wonderful that you do a Kanye West song.’”

Three more dates have been added to next year’s TFF arena tour in Leeds, Glasgow and Nottingham after shows sold out.

Curt added: “The timing feels good, it feels like people are excited to have us back.”